59 min

Smart Passive Income’s Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland: Earning the Right to Monetize Your Audience Supercasters

    • Business

Pat and Matt share their stories on how Smart Passive Income came to be, partnering up as a team to scale the business, and insights on connecting with fans and listeners alike. From finding new listeners, to earning the ability to generate an income, this episode is packed with insights on how to get to scale, monetize and take your podcast to new heights. Enjoy!
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Subscribe to Supercasters Premium for FREE to get bonus content with every episode: premium.supercast.com (it’s free, takes 2 mins, no special apps to download).
For this episode, our bonus AMA with Pat & Matt covers how to get off the hamster wheel of feeling like you’re beholden to your content business and more.
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Timestamps
3:04 How Pat started Smart Passive Income6:24 Joining forces with Pat: Matt's journey in leadership9:17 Growing your listeners: Pat's approach to podcast growth10:28 "Podcasting is the new blogging"12:21 Where you should really focus to grow your show13:36 Connect with the right people and collaborations14:37 Look for pre-existing communities16:04 The business side of things: Monetizing SPI18:08 Patreon, memberships and choosing how to support you18:55 Niche down to find your community22:25 How to justify putting a price on something23:31 Earn the trust of your listenership24:37 "You've earned the ability to generate an income"26:57 Do ads in podcasting still work?29:39 The podcast is a two-way conversation30:47 Survey your listeners, connect with them31:26 Connect with listeners directly through membership35:00 Pat on how to turn your listeners into paying members35:50 The power of social media and following up directly wiith your fans37:27 Every Friday, Pat Flynn sends out 50 messages to fans39:47 Staying as a solopreneur vs. growing with a team41:24 What are the priorities in your business?42:42 "It starts and ends with vision"44:34 Action without vision is an nightmare46:16 Matt shares the Multi-Generational Plan of SPI48:45 Upgrading your mentors and Pat's reflections51:25 Work on your $1000/hr tasks53:24 What to let go when starting over54:32 The 3 lists of freedom56:31 The challenge of stopping something you love doing
Links
Internet Business MasterySmart Passive IncomeSmart Passive Income PodcastAskPat 2.0FuseboxPat Flynn's TwitterMatthew Gartland's LinkedInVirtual Freedom by Chris DruckerRocket Fuel by Gino...

Pat and Matt share their stories on how Smart Passive Income came to be, partnering up as a team to scale the business, and insights on connecting with fans and listeners alike. From finding new listeners, to earning the ability to generate an income, this episode is packed with insights on how to get to scale, monetize and take your podcast to new heights. Enjoy!
---
Subscribe to Supercasters Premium for FREE to get bonus content with every episode: premium.supercast.com (it’s free, takes 2 mins, no special apps to download).
For this episode, our bonus AMA with Pat & Matt covers how to get off the hamster wheel of feeling like you’re beholden to your content business and more.
---
If you enjoy the podcast, we’d be honored if you could leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. Help your fellow podcaster find us!
Follow Supercast: @supercast
Follow Jason: @jsewhoy
Timestamps
3:04 How Pat started Smart Passive Income6:24 Joining forces with Pat: Matt's journey in leadership9:17 Growing your listeners: Pat's approach to podcast growth10:28 "Podcasting is the new blogging"12:21 Where you should really focus to grow your show13:36 Connect with the right people and collaborations14:37 Look for pre-existing communities16:04 The business side of things: Monetizing SPI18:08 Patreon, memberships and choosing how to support you18:55 Niche down to find your community22:25 How to justify putting a price on something23:31 Earn the trust of your listenership24:37 "You've earned the ability to generate an income"26:57 Do ads in podcasting still work?29:39 The podcast is a two-way conversation30:47 Survey your listeners, connect with them31:26 Connect with listeners directly through membership35:00 Pat on how to turn your listeners into paying members35:50 The power of social media and following up directly wiith your fans37:27 Every Friday, Pat Flynn sends out 50 messages to fans39:47 Staying as a solopreneur vs. growing with a team41:24 What are the priorities in your business?42:42 "It starts and ends with vision"44:34 Action without vision is an nightmare46:16 Matt shares the Multi-Generational Plan of SPI48:45 Upgrading your mentors and Pat's reflections51:25 Work on your $1000/hr tasks53:24 What to let go when starting over54:32 The 3 lists of freedom56:31 The challenge of stopping something you love doing
Links
Internet Business MasterySmart Passive IncomeSmart Passive Income PodcastAskPat 2.0FuseboxPat Flynn's TwitterMatthew Gartland's LinkedInVirtual Freedom by Chris DruckerRocket Fuel by Gino...

59 min

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